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Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates |
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Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
United,
by Cory Booker (2016) |
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019) |
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010) |
Guide to Political Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2017) |
Where We Go From Here,
by Bernie Sanders (2018) |
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017) |
Conscience of a Conservative,
by Jeff Flake (2017) |
Two Paths,
by Gov. John Kasich (2017) |
Every Other Monday,
by Rep. John Kasich (2010) |
Courage is Contagious,
by John Kasich (1998) |
Shortest Way Home,
by Pete Buttigieg (2019) |
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Our Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2016) |
This Fight Is Our Fight,
by Elizabeth Warren (2017) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
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Books by and about the 2016 presidential election |
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What Happened ,
by Hillary Clinton (2017) |
Higher Loyalty ,
by James Comey (2018) |
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016) |
Hard Choices,
by Hillary Clinton (2014) |
Becoming ,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Outsider in the White House,
by Bernie Sanders (2015) |
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Book Reviews |
(from Amazon.com) |
(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)
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For the Record
From Wall Street to Washington
by Treasury Secretary Donald T. Regan
(Click for Amazon book review)
| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Budget & Economy
Donald Regan: Amortize government purchases like homebuyers do.
Donald Regan: Economy needs steady, predictable monetary policy.
Donald Regan: Deficits don't matter, s long as economy is growing.
John Boehner: Home loans were source of bank crisis.
Milton Friedman: Erratic monetary policy is greatest threat to economy.
Phil Gramm: Gramm-Rudman: mandate balanced budget & deficit reduction.
Ronald Reagan: Signed Gramm-Rudman to mandate balanced budget.
Ronald Reagan: 1985: $68B in spending cuts; but SDI funding doubled.
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Foreign Policy
Ronald Reagan: Democracy & market economy result in a better life.
Ronald Reagan: Reagan-Gorbachev meetings based on personal contact.
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Homeland Security
Donald Regan: Iran-Contra scandal: consequences for Israel too.
Donald Regan: USSR motivated to reduce strategic nukes by staggering cost.
Ronald Reagan: OpEd: Reagan no part of diverting Iran-Contra funds.
Ronald Reagan: OpEd: Sought nuclear treaty as legacy toward world peace.
Ronald Reagan: Policy of openness to deal with Iran-Contra scandal.
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Principles & Values
Donald Regan: Resigned as a result of the Iran-Contra scandal.
Ronald Reagan: OpEd: hands-off management has inevitable disasters.
Ronald Reagan: Scale of re-election victory meant mandate on policies.
Ronald Reagan: Trusted his aides to act on his intentions, not his orders.
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Tax Reform
Donald Regan: 10% tax reduction each year for three years.
Donald Regan: Lower taxes for all, by eliminating special privileges.
Ronald Reagan: Tax reform's goal: replace incomprehensible system.
Ronald Reagan: 1986 Tax Reform: reduce top rate from 50% to 28%.
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War & Peace
Donald Regan: OpEd: Goal of strategic nuke talks was to keep talking.
Ronald Reagan: OpEd: Iran-Contra contradicted "Never deal with terrorists".
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The above quotations are from For the Record
From Wall Street to Washington
by Treasury Secretary Donald T. Regan.
Books by and about Cabinet Members:
- Chuck Hagel: Moving Forward, by Charlyne Berens
- Between Worlds, by Gov. Bill Richardson, Secretary of Commerce-designee
- Critical: What We Can Do About the Health Care Crisis, by Sen. Tom Daschle, Secretary of Health & Human Services-designee
- Dreams from My Father:, by Sen. Barack Obama, President-elect
- It Takes A Village, by Sen. Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State-designee
- Leading by Example, by Gov. Bill Richardson, Secretary of Commerce-designee
- Like No Other Time: The Two Years That Changed America, by Sen. Tom Daschle, Secretary of Health & Human Services-designee
- Living History, by Sen. Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State-designee
- Profiles In Courage, by John F. Kennedy
- Profiles In Courage For Our Time, by Caroline Kennedy, including chapter on Rep. Hilda Solis, Secretary of Labor-designee
- Promises to Keep, by Sen. Joe Biden, Vice President-elect
- The Audacity of Hope, by Sen. Barack Obama, President-elect
- No Higher Honor, by Condoleezza Rice (2011)
- My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me, by Condoleezza Rice (2012)
- The Plan: Big Ideas for Change in America, by Rahm Emanuel
- The Thumpin': How Rahm Emanuel and the Democrats Learned to Be Ruthless, by Naftali Bendavid; profiling Rep. Emanuel, White House Chief of Staff
- For the Record, by Treasury Secretary Donald T. Regan
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